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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26
HOUSE,

WASHINGTON, February 17.-House.-The
house refused to pass the bill to aid the
Texas drought sufferers over the president's
veto. The conference report on the Nor
mon bill was adopted. The diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill was passed. The
sundry civil appropriation bill was taken
up, but the house adjourned without COM
pleting it.
WASHINGTON, February 18.-House.-Mr.
Townsend, from the committee on appropri-
atoms, reported bill appropriating 81 $685.
lO4 for the payment of Mexican and other
pensions. Mr.. Weaver, of Nebraska, called
up the vetoed pension bill Of Simmons w.
Hart. The house refused to pass the bill
over the veto-yeas 142, nays 98-not the
necessary two thirds in the affirmative. The
house then took up the senate amendments
to the sundry civil appropriation bill. After
dlsposlug OF 156 of the 260 amendments, the
house took recess, the evening session be-
ing for the consideration of the pension
bills. At its evening session the house
passed twenty three pension billie, and at
1910 adjourned.
WASHINGTON, February 19-House.-Mr.
MatsoD, of Indiana, from the committee on
invalid pensions, reported back the depend
emit pension bill with the presidents veto
and message thereon. He gave notice that
he would call the bill up for action Thurs-
day next. The committee unanimously
recommend the passage of the bill over the
veto. Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, from the con-
ference committee on the bill repeating
the presumption, timber culture and desert
land acts, reported continued disagree
ment. Mr.. Lanham. of Texas, presented
the conference report on the trade dollar
bill, and it was aged to without debate or
division. The house then went INTO COM
mittee OF the whole for the further con-
sideration Of the senate amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, and after
disposing of some of the amendments adj
journed.
WASHINGTON, February 21.-Rouse.-Mr.
Dingley, Of Maine, presented memorials of
several posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic asking for the passage of the de-
pendeLt pension bill over the presidents
veto. Mr.. Henderson, of North Carolina,
from the committee on elections, submitted
report on the Indiana contested election
case of Kidd against Steele, and it waellaid
over until Thursday. The report, which is
unanimous, confirms the right of the con-
Indiana, called up the conference report IRE
port of Disagreement on the bill repeating
the presumption, timber culture and desert
land laws. The entire day was spent on the
report, and the house decided-38 to c. to
accept the report and insist on the disagree
ment. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, February 22.-House.-The
house met this morning at IL o'clock and
resumed consideration of the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
A conference was asked. Mr.. Bragg, of
Wisconsin, from the committee on military
affairs, reported substitute for the McAdoo
bill to provide for the manufacture of first
class modern guns for the navy, and sea
coast and other defenses. The house took
up the postofice appropriation bill and adj
journed without finishing it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26

A Washington correspondent of an after
noon paper says he has the highest authority
for the statement that the president has ten
dered the position of secretary of the treas
ury, made vacant By the resignation Of Man
ming to Speaker Carlisle, and they had q
three hours conference upon the matter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26

Henry George lectured to an immense
audience at Music hall in Cincinnati, recent
~, on Progress and Poverty" The re-
ceipts from the admissions were enormous.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26

General Grosvenor, president of the Ma
honal Union league, has called q meeting
Of the national council to be held at the
Ebbitt house, Washington, on Tuesday,
important meeting of prominent fepubi-
cans from all carts Of the country, and
that action viii be taken on matters Of in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26
Fads and Faddist-,

London Truth.
Mr.. Palmer, the president and founder
Of the New York Century club, thinks of
repeating his experiment ir London.
The Century club is . place where cele-
DRAFTED men and women of no matter what
'.ism" are free to set it forth or defend it
Whenever great literary lion crosses
from Europe to the States he is asked to
roar at the Century in the presence of a
splendid gathering Of native and natu-
rallied genius and talent. ] told Mr..
Palmer that he would have to beware of
fads and faddists. What is, he asked me
ga fad or faddist?'' It was hard to
give him general definition. But I ex-
planned that, as a rule, persons born
with golden spoons in their mouths, who
fancied they had missions, whether for
social reform, slumming, or anything
else, except high farming, high garden
ing, or the turf, were faddists. The fad
OF some rich old ladies were to create new
bishoprics and get them endowed. An
othef fad was the propagation of pecu,
iarly English, and therefore insular.
forms of Christianity on the continent.
This costs as much as the royal family
I once met Jew whose conversion cost
a missionary socisty "a, 400, and as soon
as he was brought from Jerusalem to
Exeter hall to tell of bis conversion he
relapsed. A great fad is trying to make
out that Great Britain is exclusively
peopled by descendants of the ten lost
tribes of Israel. There are faddists who
would gladly pay thousands Of pounds
for ANYTHING that would enable them to
defend this nation with greater show
Of reason. Mr.. Palmer said that IN
America earnest men and women do not
run into fads, although now and then
they go crazy or become "cranks."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26

a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ITOu tQ0 OlT0CLOI OF the
mint has beon transmitted to the house pro-
testing agal.lst the reductions made in the
estimates for the mint service by the appro-
priatiohs committee. OF the failure of the
committee to provide for the operation of
the Carson mint as an assay Office, the di-
reoter, having expressed his views to the
committee on the subject, has nothing to
say, but, with reference to all other minis,
he declares that the estimates were made for
the smallest appropriation consistent with
their business in each withouta reduction of
elaries, which he says it is well known are
not such as can be reasonably reduced,
especially under the circumstances that they
are for services without exception more or
less of an expert character, and are at the
lowest point consistent with skill, efficiency
accuracy and fidelity in work where these
are indispensable requisites.
The representatives of the various mer-
chant tailors exchanges throughout the coun-
try, at their meeting in Philadelphia, per-
fected an organization of the National As
sociation of Merchant Tailors of the United
States of America
The Old Dominion line strikers in New
York city, applied for reinstatement, but
were refused. They are indignant because
the longshoremen's union and district as
sembly No. 49 refuse to assist them.
At the evenings session of the Grand
Army of the Republic Estate encampment)
in Milwaukee Wis, q resolution censuring
the president for veotine the dependent PEN
sion bill was adopted unanimously.
A rumor has been in circulation in GAL
weston, Texas for several days affecting the
integrity of judge Thomas NJ. Joseph, for
several years treasurer Of the grand lodge Of
Odd Fellows Of this state. Grand Master
DaEnell Gibbs arrived in that city, and In an
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
At The Pumping Well.

Black smoke rises high in the air,
curls and floats off into space. Steam
eXhausts itself with sharp sound,
and the two steam force pumps at the
pumping we'll keep forcing water out
of the big we'll at all times. In fact
one of the busiest places in this city is
in the rear of the retaining reservoir,
where the big well is being sunk. The
curb has gradually set down while the
men have been digging, and the top
edge of the curb is below the level of
the pond. While the pumps are con-
tinually kept going, it is impossible to
keep the water out of the big tank,
and the diggers are compelled to stand
in two feet of cool spring water.
Eleven men are thus employed, and
but q few seconds is required to fill
one of the large buckets in which the
earth is removed from the well. Two
men are employed at the guy ropes,
and four men dump the dirt from the
buckets, on the piles on each side of
the well. Two uOuUle letluS uIoW lIo
buckets of earth up from the we'll.
James Camm runs the two boilers, and
keeps the pumps running. He has a
hot position by the frey furnaces, and
under the hot rays of the sun, and yes
terday he was nearly overcome by the
intense heat.
The we'll is to be sunk about two
feet and half, according to the first
contract, and if nothing happens to
prevent, contractor Haines is of the
opinion that it will be at the required
depth by night. Then comes the
building of the extra ten feet of brick
work, and the putting on of the square
roof. A sixteen inch suction pipe will
be attached, and the water will be run
into the reservoir.
The place is visited by hundreds of
persons daily, who watch for hours
the busy men as they pursue their
work. In a short time the well will
be finished, and splendid water, in
great quantities, will be ready for the
city's use.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Fireman Ed. Hewitt Injured
on the w. j. R. R.

There was an accident on the West
Jersey r. R. on the 18th inst. that came
very near ending fatally. While the
Cape Nav express, which leaves that
place at near nine o'clock, was about
two miles from Cape May, the engi-
peer, Jos. Wheaton, and fireman Ed.
Hewitt were out on the front OF the
locomotive attending to the machinery.
The train was running about forty
miles an hour, and in going around
q curve the fireman was thrown Off.
The engineer did not notice that he
was gone for some time, but when he
did he ran back and found him in an
unconscious condition by the side of
the track, lying on a sand bank which
lust saved him from being thrown into
a pile of ties. The injured man was
Immediately conveyed to Cape May,
and medical assistance summoned.
Dr. Kennedy, of that place, responded,
and after working with him till noon,
succeeded in bringing him to con-
sciousness. He was severely cut about
the back of the head and shoulders,
and it is thought was injured in
ternally. DIR. Kennedy gave it as his
opinion that he would soon recover.
Hewitt is a native of Cape May.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
BRDGETON N. j, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1887
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS.
Noticeable Changes at the
Opera House.

When Messrs. Moore & Son COM
menced the building of the handsome
Opera House on South Laurel street
in 1880, few thought it would assume
the beauties that it did. 1t was the
prettiest and best appointed Opera
House south of Trenton, and one of
which the citizens of this city felt
proud. But manager Moore is not yet
satisfied, and is using his every en-
deavor to make the house one his pa
irons cannot fail to appreciate.
Busy workmen are changing the
appearance of the interior of the house
and when the season commences and
the doors are thrown open to the
amusement loving public, they will
behold vast improvements.
The paint upon the windows all
over the house will be entirely scraped
off, and c. r. Scull will decorate them
in q handsome manner The seating
CAPACITY of the house will be changed
entirely. The seats on each side of
the reserve seats in the parquet circle,
have been taken up and turned so that
the persons sitting in them will have
an unobstructed side view of the stage
with an aisle running between them
and the parquet circle. The rail
which has been around the reserve
seats, will be taken away and those
sitting in the parquet circle can have
exit through the main aisIes or the
aisles in each side. This will be a
great benefit. Heretofore the large
audience seated in the parquet, have
been the last to leave the house, be-
cause of the one main entrance in
which they have been compelled to
make their exit. Posts at the four
corners of the parquet will plainly
designate the seats reserved. The
seats are to be entirely cleaned and
repainted.
The old scenery is to be touched up,
and some new added, also new stage
furniture, curtains and trimmings. All
the woodwork is to be repainted.
The season opens September 5th,
and the public will then see one of the
finest appointed opera houses in the
State
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
The Game Laws.

The editor of the Hightstown Gazette,
who is an authority on the subject,
has the following in this weeks issue:
''We are asked almost every day about
the game laws. No material change
in the seasons was made by the last
legislature but the State was divided
into districts for the better enforce
ment of the law. 1t is lawful to shoot
upland plover now, reed bird after
Aug. 25th, rail bird and summer duck
after Sept. 1, gray squirrels and wood
cock after Oct. /. quail, pheasant and
rabbit after Nov. 1. The law concern
ing squirrels was not changed. The
penalty for each squirrel killed in Sep
tember is SIS, and an additional re-
ward of IS is offered in this county for
persons violating the law, either on
their own property or that of another
The squirrel law is obnoxious to all
sportsinen, but they have made up
their minds to have it vigorously en-
forced while it is on the statute books,
and not permit a few to enjoy privi-
leges from which others are debarred
The prospects for game this Fall are
exceptionally good. Few woodcock
were killed in July, and these birds
will return in great numbers. Rab-
bits were never so plentiful, and the
call of the quail is heard from every
field"
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

Frank Dickinson performed a Won
derful feat in Elmer, one day last
week A team of young and spirited
horses belonging to exAssemblyman
Coombs was left standing in front of
Lawyer Cochran's Office while the
owner stepped in the Office a moment.
Mr.. Coombs' son, mere lad, had hold
of the lines. Suddenly, one of the
colts began to plunge, and then both
ran down the street, the little boy be-
ing unable to hold them. Frank
Dickinson, who was working on a
new house on the opposite side of the
street, saw the horses running. He ran
out into the street, and with the agility
of circus. rider, jumped on the back
of one OF the runaway horses and
stopped the team.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

The Ninth New Jersey Vols. Associa
ton will hold a Reunion at Trenton,
Tuesday, September 49, 1887, at noon.
Members of the Association, and every
honorably discharged member OF the
Ninth regiment, are earnestly invited
to attend 1t is the twenty-sixth ami
versary of the musterin of the COM
mand, and as it is their object to cher
ish the memories of the regiment,
strengthen the ties of fraternal fellow
ship and sympathy formed from COM
panionship in the service, perpetuate
the name and fame of those who fell
in battle or in camp, and collect and
preserve the records of its brilliant
achievements, it is hoped that every
survivor will be present.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

The Board of Health is a live organ
ization, all comment to the contrary
Notwithstanding. They meet regular
ly from time to time and do consider
able business, the results of which are
a great benefit to the city. The reason
of their not holding public sessions is
simply because so many complaints OF
a delicate nature come to them that
they cannot divulge. The Inspector
is kept pretty busy answering com
plants in regard to various places OF
ill health breeding. The culvert that
was cleaned, at the corner of South
Laurel and Jefferson streets, was the
Inspectors work, complaint having
come to him that some of the business
men down there had been made ill
from the effects of the stencil.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
Shot Himself.

By carelessly handling revolver
Monday afternoon, Harry Boice, d
young man of the Second, ward, met
with painful though not serious acci-
dent. The revolver was twenty-five
calibre six-shooter Boice was in the
segar store of John Adams, and, while
showing the weapon to numerous
friends gathered about him, it was
accidentally discharged, and the bullet
ploughed into the palm of his hand.
He Immediately went to DIR. T. j.
Smith, and after little probing the
bullet was found and extracted.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

On Wednesday evening last, nine
teen sheep belonging to Ballinger &
Hewitt, the Woodstown stock dealers,
got out of their pasturetield, wandered
down the railroad track until they
reached the bridge, over the run, out
side of Woodstown, where they laid
down. Some time in the night the
train which was to take Bruna's eX-
cursion to Cape May, ran over the
whole flock, and killed fourteen of
them.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

Mr.. John J. Phelps, son of William
Walter Phelps, has just returned from
a two years cruise in his yacht Brun-
hide. Mr.. Phelps had many adven-
lures and narrow escapes during his
trip. He was nearly capsized by a
storm in the Bay of Biscay, he ran
through sirocco, raced a tea clipper
from Yokohama and was chased by
pirates in the Indian Ocean.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

The mare belonging to Fred BOIL,
the liveryman, which dropped dead
ON Sunday afternoon on the Shiloh
pike, was buried yesterday. Death
was ascertained to have come from
heart disease. The animal was young,
fast, and valued at $3.50. A strange
feature of the affair is that the mare
was foaled and raised within so yards of
the place where it died. The body was
buried in the field in which it ran as a
colt.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
The "Arcola" Carries the Broom.

The Bridgeton crack yacht Cor
nelia" came to Greenwich on Sunday,
and on Monday, bright and early,
challenged skipper Maui, of the yacht
'Arcola," to sail. Nothing loath for a
little fun, skipper Maui called his mate,
skipper Miller, to assist him, and soon
had the "Cornelia's' scalp. Moral
Never get your yacht ready to sail a
race on the Sabbath day, so says the
captain of the volunteer.
GREENWICH.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
NO. 2O56
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
A Little Babe Crushed by it's
Mother.

The little bright-eyed two months
old baby of Florence Burch, living
just beyond the toll gate, on the Deer
field pike, was crushed to death on
Sunday morning, by the mother lying
upon it, while both We're asleep.
When the mother awoke. before
daylight, to give the child nourish-
ment, it was all right. Later, after
daylight, when the mother awoke for
the day, she was Mortified to find the
baby cold in death, with one side of
the little body horribly discolored.
The family were hurriedly aroused,
and DR.. Harris, of this city. sum
moned. He made an examination Of
the body, and pronounced suffocation
as the cause of death. Coroner Bel
lows was sent for, and he repaired to
the house and heard the facts in the
case, and made an examination of the
child. The parents Of the mother said
she was very hard to awaken in the
morning, being a very sound sleeper,
and the child being SO young could
| not make an outcry sufficient to awaken
the mother He decided that the child
came to its death by the mother lying
upon it. and deemed an inquest un-
necessary.
The mother and grandparents of
/ the child were lovingly attached to it,
and were almost wild with grief yes
terday. The interment of the body of
the little one will take place to day.
A young man from Asbury Park in
formed a reporter that the latest
wrinkle among lady bathers is to wear
bustles. They claim they look better
with this appendage. Last week
young lady who follows the fashion,
| furnished amusement for a large crowd
on the beach. She wore beautiful
bathing suit of blue flannel, with
short skirt and an immense hustle.
After displaying the suit on the beach
she entered the water, jumping about,
| enjoying herself, until a big wave
struck her, when she disappeared
that is, all but the hustle, which
bobbed about the water. She strug-
! gled with her hands and feet, but
seemed unable to right herself, until
some friends came to assist her. The
next wave struck her the same way,
and this time her head was under
water long time and she was carried
to the beach. After some coughing
and choking she was able to answer
the questions of friends who pressed
around her, as to the cause of her
mishap. Oh said she, sit is that
horrible hustle" Upon making in
quiry the young man said he ascer-
tained that the hustle was made of
cork, and the young lady wore it
under the mistaken idea that it might
act as life preserver in case of ac-
cident.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

The Board of Freeholders of Middle
sex county, has taken steps toward
participating in the celebration of the
centenary of the constitution. VIM.
Patterson, who with Randolph, of
Virginia, drafted the original constitu-
tion, as first presented, lived in New
BrunswiekSan and Luther Martin, one of
Maryland's representatives, was born
there